Monthly Archives: January 2018

Bristol home of Gill Sans typeface

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Oliver Kent

In 1926 Bristol bookseller and printer Douglas Cleverdon asked his friend Eric Gill to paint a shop-sign for him. The lettering that resulted was seen in 1927 by Stanley Morison of Monotype Corporation who asked Gill to develop it as … Continue reading →

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